Improvement in clasps for suspenders



l. W. SMITH.

Clasps for Suspenders. N0. 141,087, PatentedJuly 22,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. SMITH, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLASPS FOR SUSPENDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,087, dated July 22, 1873; application filed January 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WILLIAM SMITH, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to so combining one strap with another, or with others, that each shall remain adjustable relatively to the other and consists in the use of the device shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings in the manner shown in Figure 1. This device is a slide and buckle combined. The strap A is inserted in the slide portion of this device, and the strap 0 in the buckle portion, and it is clear that the strap 

